261 CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. 



Page than I ever before saw G. Wither iiigii, the stem 



being two feet long. 

 218. 1. 15 from the bottom, after 104^5— insert/. 

 223. \. 7, insert — 



^77. ISNARDIA. Isnardia. 



Linn. Gen. Q\. Jm55. 333, Lam. t. 77. 



Nat. Orel. Calycantliemcje. Linn. 17. Salicarics, 

 Juss. 91. 



Cat. superior, bell-shaped, in 4- deep, equal, ovate, 

 broad, spreading, permanent segments. Cor. 

 none. Filam. shorter than the calyx, alternate 

 with its segments, awl-shaped. Anth. oblong, 

 simple. Germ, inferior, oblong, quadrangular. 

 Style cylindrical, longer than the stamens, shorter 

 than the calyx. Stigma capitate. Caps, qua- 

 drangular, oblong, membranous, crowned with 

 the calyx, of 4 cells. Seeds numerous, oblong, 

 attached to the central column. 



Only one species. 



1. \. palustris. Marsh Isnardia. 



I. palustris. Linn. Sp. PI. 175. M'illd. v. 1. 680. Ait. 

 Hort. Kew. ed. 2.v.\. 266. " Schkuhr Handb. ?;. 1. 84. 

 ^.25." 



Alsine palustris, seu paludosa, rotundifolia repens, foliis 

 portulacae pinguibus binis ex adverse nascentibus, 

 flosculis virescentibus rosaceis. Lind. Tournef. Ahat. 

 115.^. 2, b. Alsat. 204. 



Glaux major palustris, tiore herbaceo. Bocc. Mus. 105. 

 ^.84./. 2. Moris. Hort.Blcus. S2.26S. Rati Hist. v.2. 

 1 102. t;. 3. 635. 



In ponds and watery places. 



Found in a pool at Buxted, Sussex, in 1827, by Mr. W. 

 Borrer. 



Annual. July. 



Herb floating, smooth, with numerous, long, filamentous 

 roots. Steins several, about a span long, simple, or 

 slightly branched, leafy, bluntly quadrangular. Leaves 

 opposite, stalked, ovate, acute, undivided, entire, 

 scarcely an inch in length, bright green, somewhat 

 succulent 5 the mid-rib often red or purplish. Bracteas 

 two, acute, small. Ft. axillary, solitary, sessile, small, 

 green and inconspicuous. Segments of the calyx tri- 



